José Miguel Piendibene Ferrari (5 June 1890 – 12 November 1969) was a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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. His position on the field was

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, being regarded by many as one of the best Uruguayan football players of all time. Piendibene was praised by the media as the best Uruguayan player of his time, highlighting his dribbling skills, passing and efficiency as scorer.El hombre que le inventó el mango a la pelota
by ''Borocotó'' on '' El Gráfico'', 1927 Piendibene spent his entire career in

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...

where he won 11 titles with the club.

Playing career

Club career

Piendibene played for

between 1908 and 1928. During his time with the ''Carboneros'' he won a total of 11 titles, including four Primera División championships, two national cups and five international cups. He played a total of 506 matches, scoring 253 goals. Piendibene also holds a record of most Uruguayan derby played with 62 matches, having scored 21 goals. In 1924, Peñarol declared him "honorary member" of the club. When Peñarol celebrated its 50th. anniversary in 1941, Piendibene was the

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International career

Piendibene made his debut for the

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in 1909 against

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. Over the course of his 14 year career with the national team he was capped 40 times, scoring 20 goals. He made his final appearance for ''La Celeste'' in November 1923. Piendibene played two matches at the unofficial 1910 Copa America. At the

1916 South American Championship The 1916 South American Championship was the first continental championship for national association football teams in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2 to 17 July during Argentina's Independence Centenary commemorat ...

Piendibene scored the first goal of the tournament in a match against

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. He finished the tournament with two goals and was equal second place in the goalscorers list. Piendibene was a member of the Uruguayan squad for the

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but did not play a match at the tournament. He was a member of Uruguay's third South American Championship win at the 1920 tournament where he scored one goal in three matches. He played in the Uruguay team at the 1921 tournament where Uruguay placed third. Piendibene scored one goal. After Piendibene retired from football, he had two brief periods as coach of Peñarol, in 1934 and 1940–41.Tecnicos
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Honours

Club

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Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uru ...

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1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

* Copa de Competencia (1): 1916 * Copa de Honor (1): 1918 *

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1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

Copa de Honor Cousenier The Copa de Honor Cusenier was an international football club competition which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay associations between 1905 and 1920. History The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné ...

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1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * J ...

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao (English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions of ...

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Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

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1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own m ...

Copa Lipton The Copa Lipton or Copa de Caridad Lipton was a football friendly competition contested between Argentina and Uruguay national teams. The competition was held 29 times between 1905 and 1992. History The trophy was donated by the Scottish tea ...

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Copa Newton Copa Newton was a football friendly competition contested between Argentina and Uruguay. The trophy, donated by Nicanor Newton, was contested 27 times between 1906 and 1976. History Nicanor Newton, director of ''Sportsman'' magazine, donated ...

(4): 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920 * Copa Premier Honor Argentino (2): 1910, 1912 * Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo (5): 1911, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1920

References

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